Smoking Cessation and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Richard L. Shriner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2010)

Letters1 June 2010Smoking Cessation and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes MellitusRichard L. Shriner, MD, Noni A. Graham, MPh, and Mark S. Gold, MDRichard L. Shriner, MDFrom University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.Search for more papers by this author, Noni A. Graham, MPhFrom University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.Search for more papers by this author, and Mark S. Gold, MDFrom University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-152-11-201006010-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We congratulate Yeh and colleagues (1) for a job well done. Tonstad and colleagues (2) had similar findings in patients with coronary heart disease: Ex-smokers were more likely to have the full metabolic syndrome and increased waist circumference. It is reported (3, 4) that tobacco and other drugs of abuse are associated with appetite suppression and that discontinuation is associated with hyperphagia and weight gain. Discontinuation of drug use is so regularly associated with weight gain that most abstinence-oriented rehabilitation centers that provide detox services and treat addiction have incorporated prophylactic diet and exercise into their programs. ...References1. Yeh HC, Duncan BB, Schmidt MI, Wang NY, Brancati FL. Smoking, smoking cessation, and risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2010;152:10-7. [PMID: 20048267] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Tonstad S, Svendsen M. Premature coronary heart disease, cigarette smoking, and the metabolic syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2005;96:1681-5. [PMID: 16360357] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Gamberino WC, Gold MS. Neurobiology of tobacco smoking and other addictive disorders. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1999;22:301-12. [PMID: 10385935] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Hodgkins CC, Cahill KS, Seraphine AE, Frost-Pineda K, Gold MS. Adolescent drug addiction treatment and weight gain. J Addict Dis. 2004;23:55-65. [PMID: 15256344] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Gold MS, Graham , Cocores JA, Nixon SJ. Food addiction? J Addict Med. 2009;3:42-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Cocores JA, Gold MS. The Salted Food Addiction Hypothesis may explain overeating and the obesity epidemic. Med Hypotheses. 2009;73:892-9. [PMID: 19643550] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Corsica JA, Pelchat ML. Food addiction: true or false? Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2010;26:165-9. [PMID: 20042860] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Richmond R, Zwar N. Review of bupropion for smoking cessation. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2003;22:203-20. [PMID: 12850907] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. Corwin EJ, Klein LC. C-reactive protein and depressed mood in a sub-group of smokers during nicotine abstinence. Hum Psychopharmacol. 2003;18:329-37. [PMID: 12858318] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Jessen AB, Toubro S, Astrup A. Effect of chewing gum containing nicotine and caffeine on energy expenditure and substrate utilization in men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003;77:1442-7. [PMID: 12791621] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Yarnell JW, Sweetnam PM, Rogers S, Elwood PC, Bainton D, Baker IA, et al. Some long term effects of smoking on the haemostatic system: a report from the Caerphilly and Speedwell Collaborative Surveys. J Clin Pathol. 1987;40:909-13. [PMID: 3654991] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSmoking, Smoking Cessation, and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Hsin-Chieh Yeh , Bruce B. Duncan , Maria Inês Schmidt , Nae-Yuh Wang , and Frederick L. Brancati Smoking Cessation and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Hsin-Chieh Yeh and Frederick L. Brancati Smoking Cessation and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Roy C. Ziegelstein Smoking Cessation and the Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Altan Onat Metrics Cited ByRisk factors, incidence, and prevalence of diabetes among rural farm and non-farm residents of Saskatchewan, Canada; a population-based longitudinal cohort studyThe dark side of compulsive eating and food addictionPotential Role of Addiction Pharmacotherapy in Problematic Eating Behavior 1 June 2010Volume 152, Issue 11Page: 755KeywordsDrugsEatingEating habitsFoodInsulinMetabolic syndromeNicotineWeight gain ePublished: 1 June 2010 Issue Published: 1 June 2010 CopyrightCopyright © 2010 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...